Flamingo
Clear Sky Chart
History

This sumarizes the distribution of each different forecast outcome for the Flamingo clear sky chart from 2005-11-06 to 2024-01-14.

This page is a summary of past forecasts. Even though it's based only on forecasts, some people use these pages as clue to a site's climate. But climate data based on actual observation should be preferred (if you can find it!).

Cloud, Transparency and Seeing forecasts are summarized individually. But because good observing conditions require a combination of minimum cloud cover, transparency and seeing, the individual forecast summaries can be difficult to interpret. The observing conditions section counts the combinations of conditions needed for common types of astronomical observation.

Observing Conditions

The following tables count the occurrence of the combinations of forecast and darkness conditions needed for different observations. Conditions are rated by by what percentage of the hours the observation would likely be attempted are usable.

Observation Type	Minimum conditions for hour to be usable				Out of hours
	Clear of Clouds	Transparency	Seeing	Sky Brightness
Planetary:	50%	(no limit)	Average	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours
Deep Sky:	70%	Average	(no limit)	5.9	Nighttime Hours
CCD Imaging:	70%	Below Average	Poor	(no limit)	Nighttime Hours

Percentages are of nighttime hours per month, or per year, when a particular observing conditions was met. Deep Sky percentages never exceed 50% because the moon is up half the time. Deep sky percentages are much lower for charts at high latitudes because of fewer dark hours in the summer.

Overall

By Month

Individual Forecasts

The length of each colored bar in the "occurrence of each Forecast" column is proportional to the number of times the chart forecast that color. The percentages are of the total number of hours per month, or per year, with a particular forecast. The colors as the same as those used in clear sky charts.

Note: Transparency probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 30% or less cloud cover. Seeing probabilities are only counted for those hours that have 80% or less cloud cover. If that's too tricky, try Observing Conditions instead.

Overall

		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
Cloud Cover	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 7% 8% 12% 40%	74830
	Night	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 8% 11% 43%	74933
Transparency	Day	22% 43% 13% 13% 7% 2	74553
	Night	22% 42% 13% 14% 8% 2	74729
Seeing	Day	6% 2 12% 26% 32% 22%	14807
	Night	6% 2 12% 29% 36% 15%	24974

By Month

Percentage Cloud Cover SE (2006-)
Color Meanings: Overcast 90% covered 80% covered 70% covered 60% covered 50% covered 40% covered 30% covered 20% covered 10% covered Clear
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 2 4 4 2 6% 7% 7% 12% 49%	1706
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 5% 5% 4 5% 6% 7% 9% 45%	1647
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 5% 8% 10% 44%	1904
February	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 3 4 4 3 5% 6% 6% 9% 51%	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 2 3 4 2 4 5% 6% 10% 57%	1825
	21st to end	Day	3 2 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 11% 61%	1628
March	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 2 4 3 3 4 5% 6% 9% 59%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	4 2 1 4 4 3 5% 5% 9% 9% 55%	1980
	21st to end	Day	4 3 1 3 3 2 4 4 5% 11% 59%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	2 2 1 3 3 2 4 5% 8% 13% 57%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	3 2 1 3 4 2 5% 6% 7% 12% 54%	1978
	21st to end	Day	4 3 2 3 4 3 4 5% 7% 11% 55%	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	2 1 1 2 3 2 3 5% 7% 13% 60%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	9% 6% 2 5% 5% 4 7% 6% 9% 11% 37%	2164
	21st to end	Day	8% 5% 2 5% 6% 5% 7% 8% 9% 12% 34%	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	9% 8% 3 8% 9% 6% 8% 8% 9% 11% 21%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 4 3 7% 8% 5% 9% 9% 11% 14% 23%	2340
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 3 7% 8% 5% 9% 10% 11% 13% 24%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	4 3 3 6% 6% 5% 9% 9% 10% 14% 31%	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	4 3 3 6% 8% 5% 10% 11% 10% 16% 24%	2340
	21st to end	Day	3 4 1 4 7% 5% 9% 11% 12% 15% 28%	2547
August	1st to 10th	Day	4 5% 3 6% 7% 7% 10% 9% 11% 14% 24%	2310
	11th to 20th	Day	3 3 2 6% 6% 6% 9% 9% 11% 16% 29%	2018
	21st to end	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 9% 7% 9% 10% 10% 12% 23%	2178
September	1st to 10th	Day	5% 4 2 7% 8% 6% 7% 10% 11% 14% 25%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 6% 3 7% 8% 6% 9% 9% 10% 12% 24%	1980
	21st to end	Day	8% 7% 3 7% 8% 6% 8% 9% 10% 13% 21%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 5% 3 7% 7% 5% 7% 9% 10% 12% 30%	1944
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 5% 2 6% 7% 4 7% 8% 10% 12% 33%	1800
	21st to end	Day	9% 5% 2 6% 6% 4 5% 7% 8% 10% 40%	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 5% 3 6% 6% 6% 10% 47%	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 6% 6% 9% 43%	1900
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 2 4 5% 3 5% 7% 6% 9% 50%	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	5% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 10% 50%	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 4 2 4 5% 3 4 6% 7% 10% 48%	2153
	21st to end	Day	10% 6% 2 5% 6% 4 6% 6% 6% 11% 37%	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 8% 12% 48%	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 3 6% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 44%	2391
	21st to end	Night	6% 5% 2 6% 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 11% 47%	2448
February	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 6% 3 4 5% 6% 9% 49%	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 3 2 4 4 2 5% 4 6% 8% 57%	2017
	21st to end	Night	3 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 5% 9% 61%	1628
March	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 4 5% 3 4 5% 6% 8% 57%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 2 3 4 3 5% 4 7% 8% 59%	1980
	21st to end	Night	3 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 6% 8% 60%	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 1 3 3 3 6% 5% 6% 9% 58%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	4 3 2 4 4 3 5% 5% 7% 9% 54%	1930
	21st to end	Night	5% 4 2 3 4 3 4 5% 6% 11% 52%	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	2 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 6% 10% 64%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 5% 3 6% 6% 4 5% 6% 7% 10% 41%	1741
	21st to end	Night	8% 5% 3 6% 6% 3 6% 8% 7% 11% 39%	1744
June	1st to 10th	Night	12% 9% 4 8% 8% 5% 7% 7% 8% 10% 23%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 9% 10% 14% 33%	1620
	21st to end	Night	3 4 3 6% 8% 6% 8% 10% 10% 13% 29%	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 2 4 7% 4 6% 7% 11% 16% 37%	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 6% 4 7% 8% 10% 16% 34%	1620
	21st to end	Night	2 4 2 5% 7% 4 7% 8% 9% 14% 38%	1771
August	1st to 10th	Night	3 3 2 5% 7% 5% 8% 10% 11% 14% 32%	1611
	11th to 20th	Night	3 4 2 5% 7% 4 7% 9% 10% 15% 35%	1873
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 2 7% 7% 5% 7% 8% 11% 14% 28%	2178
September	1st to 10th	Night	5% 3 2 5% 7% 5% 7% 7% 11% 17% 30%	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	4 6% 4 9% 7% 5% 7% 8% 11% 12% 26%	1980
	21st to end	Night	7% 8% 4 7% 8% 5% 8% 8% 10% 10% 26%	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 3 6% 8% 6% 8% 8% 9% 13% 30%	2015
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 5% 3 7% 7% 5% 5% 8% 8% 11% 36%	2160
	21st to end	Night	10% 6% 3 6% 6% 4 7% 6% 6% 9% 37%	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 5% 2 4 5% 3 5% 5% 6% 10% 47%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 5% 4 6% 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 10% 40%	2280
	21st to end	Night	6% 4 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 6% 9% 50%	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	5% 4 2 4 5% 4 6% 6% 7% 9% 50%	2318
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 4 3 4 4 3 4 5% 6% 11% 49%	3042
	21st to end	Night	9% 7% 3 7% 7% 4 6% 6% 7% 8% 37%	4532

Transparency (when cloud cover <= 30%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Poor Below Average Average Above average Transparent
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	14% 44% 10% 17% 10% 5%	1707
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 44% 11% 15% 5% 4	1647
	21st to end	Day	20% 41% 10% 14% 11% 3	1904
February	1st to 10th	Day	20% 38% 8% 18% 13% 2	1800
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 39% 13% 20% 11% 3	1835
	21st to end	Day	12% 36% 7% 21% 21% 3	1628
March	1st to 10th	Day	13% 39% 12% 18% 16% 2	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	14% 39% 11% 18% 14% 3	1980
	21st to end	Day	11% 38% 12% 22% 14% 3	2178
April	1st to 10th	Day	11% 40% 16% 24% 7% 2	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	15% 39% 14% 22% 9% 2	1978
	21st to end	Day	14% 40% 13% 18% 12% 3	2160
May	1st to 10th	Day	9% 38% 15% 24% 13%	2160
	11th to 20th	Day	24% 42% 16% 13% 5%	2168
	21st to end	Day	27% 44% 14% 11% 4	2531
June	1st to 10th	Day	33% 46% 11% 7% 2	2340
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 46% 17% 7% 1	2340
	21st to end	Day	33% 47% 15% 5%	2340
July	1st to 10th	Day	27% 46% 18% 8%	2275
	11th to 20th	Day	29% 48% 18% 6%	2271
	21st to end	Day	22% 52% 18% 8% 1	2405
August	1st to 10th	Day	29% 47% 18% 6%	2297
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 48% 20% 6%	2018
	21st to end	Day	31% 48% 15% 4	2178
September	1st to 10th	Day	27% 48% 17% 8%	1980
	11th to 20th	Day	32% 48% 13% 6% 1	1980
	21st to end	Day	34% 47% 10% 7% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Day	26% 44% 14% 9% 5% 1	1944
	11th to 20th	Day	26% 42% 15% 12% 5% 1	1800
	21st to end	Day	25% 41% 11% 13% 10% 1	1980
November	1st to 10th	Day	20% 42% 8% 10% 15% 4	1857
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 42% 8% 13% 13% 2	1900
	21st to end	Day	16% 43% 11% 14% 14% 2	1900
December	1st to 10th	Day	15% 43% 11% 17% 12% 1	1858
	11th to 20th	Day	21% 37% 10% 14% 12% 6%	2150
	21st to end	Day	31% 31% 14% 10% 12% 2	3124
January	1st to 10th	Night	14% 44% 10% 19% 10% 4	2459
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 43% 9% 14% 8% 3	2391
	21st to end	Night	18% 40% 9% 19% 8% 4	2448
February	1st to 10th	Night	21% 39% 7% 16% 14% 3	2160
	11th to 20th	Night	18% 40% 12% 16% 11% 3	2018
	21st to end	Night	13% 36% 9% 18% 19% 4	1628
March	1st to 10th	Night	15% 40% 9% 18% 14% 3	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	14% 38% 12% 17% 16% 3	1980
	21st to end	Night	14% 38% 11% 19% 16% 2	2178
April	1st to 10th	Night	14% 40% 15% 20% 10% 1	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	16% 38% 12% 20% 11% 2	1930
	21st to end	Night	14% 40% 11% 21% 12% 2	1800
May	1st to 10th	Night	8% 39% 12% 25% 15%	1800
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 42% 14% 16% 8%	1742
	21st to end	Night	26% 41% 13% 14% 6%	1745
June	1st to 10th	Night	35% 43% 11% 8% 3	1620
	11th to 20th	Night	23% 46% 18% 11% 2	1620
	21st to end	Night	32% 48% 16% 4 1	1620
July	1st to 10th	Night	23% 48% 19% 10%	1575
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 45% 21% 8%	1566
	21st to end	Night	19% 48% 21% 10% 2	1672
August	1st to 10th	Night	23% 49% 16% 11% 1	1600
	11th to 20th	Night	25% 45% 20% 9%	1873
	21st to end	Night	29% 46% 19% 5% 1	2178
September	1st to 10th	Night	23% 48% 20% 8% 1	1980
	11th to 20th	Night	32% 47% 15% 6% 1	1980
	21st to end	Night	34% 45% 11% 8% 2	1980
October	1st to 10th	Night	27% 45% 14% 9% 4 1	2015
	11th to 20th	Night	26% 43% 14% 10% 5% 2	2160
	21st to end	Night	26% 42% 9% 13% 8% 2	2376
November	1st to 10th	Night	21% 43% 6% 13% 13% 5%	2221
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 43% 8% 15% 10% 2	2280
	21st to end	Night	18% 43% 11% 15% 12% 1	2280
December	1st to 10th	Night	15% 43% 12% 17% 11% 2	2318
	11th to 20th	Night	21% 35% 11% 17% 11% 6%	3044
	21st to end	Night	34% 32% 11% 10% 11% 2	4532

Seeing (when cloud cover <= 80%)
Color Meanings: Too cloudy to forecast Bad 1/5 Poor 2/5 Average 3/5 Good 4/5 Excellent 5/5
Month	Days in Month		Occurrence of each Forecast	Data Points
January	1st to 10th	Day	4 4 27% 40% 21% 4	270
	11th to 20th	Day	12% 7% 17% 40% 20% 3	249
	21st to end	Day	7% 6% 30% 38% 17% 2	264
February	1st to 10th	Day	5% 5% 22% 41% 23% 5%	240
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 2 21% 34% 32% 7%	317
	21st to end	Day	3 3 17% 37% 36% 4	346
March	1st to 10th	Day	4 2 26% 43% 22% 3	420
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 3 20% 39% 29% 4	420
	21st to end	Day	4 2 16% 41% 29% 7%	462
April	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 20% 44% 27% 5%	420
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 21% 41% 27% 7%	412
	21st to end	Day	5% 2 13% 42% 32% 6%	420
May	1st to 10th	Day	3 1 11% 35% 37% 13%	423
	11th to 20th	Day	10% 2 12% 29% 32% 15%	447
	21st to end	Day	8% 1 8% 23% 35% 25%	485
June	1st to 10th	Day	13% 2 8% 19% 36% 22%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	6% 1 4 17% 31% 41%	450
	21st to end	Day	3 4 9% 31% 53%	450
July	1st to 10th	Day	3 2 7% 36% 51%	445
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 1 9% 37% 48%	444
	21st to end	Day	5% 4 8% 32% 51%	488
August	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 12% 34% 46%	446
	11th to 20th	Day	2 3 10% 37% 47%	439
	21st to end	Day	7% 1 5% 15% 32% 39%	495
September	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 11% 31% 48%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	5% 6% 11% 30% 47%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 1 6% 13% 34% 38%	450
October	1st to 10th	Day	6% 1 10% 26% 40% 17%	450
	11th to 20th	Day	7% 1 10% 26% 37% 18%	450
	21st to end	Day	9% 3 12% 27% 38% 11%	495
November	1st to 10th	Day	6% 3 16% 30% 33% 12%	455
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 17% 34% 29% 8%	460
	21st to end	Day	6% 2 18% 35% 33% 6%	460
December	1st to 10th	Day	8% 16% 33% 34% 9%	418
	11th to 20th	Day	8% 3 15% 36% 29% 9%	270
	21st to end	Day	6% 6% 19% 32% 28% 9%	297
January	1st to 10th	Night	6% 4 19% 38% 29% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 4 21% 39% 25% 2	736
	21st to end	Night	7% 5% 24% 38% 24% 1	792
February	1st to 10th	Night	8% 3 18% 41% 29% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 22% 41% 29% 2	703
	21st to end	Night	4 2 15% 41% 38% 1	592
March	1st to 10th	Night	5% 2 21% 43% 26% 2	720
	11th to 20th	Night	4 2 16% 44% 32% 2	720
	21st to end	Night	4 1 19% 44% 30% 2	792
April	1st to 10th	Night	3 1 13% 48% 34% 1	720
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 2 14% 46% 31% 2	711
	21st to end	Night	6% 1 12% 48% 30% 3	720
May	1st to 10th	Night	3 11% 41% 40% 6%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	8% 1 8% 39% 40% 4	680
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 7% 20% 50% 14%	584
June	1st to 10th	Night	16% 1 6% 20% 41% 17%	540
	11th to 20th	Night	6% 1 3 9% 44% 37%	540
	21st to end	Night	4 3 7% 40% 46%	540
July	1st to 10th	Night	2 3 5% 41% 50%	525
	11th to 20th	Night	5% 1 2 6% 40% 47%	522
	21st to end	Night	3 3 5% 39% 50%	591
August	1st to 10th	Night	4 1 1 7% 45% 42%	537
	11th to 20th	Night	3 1 2 9% 41% 44%	709
	21st to end	Night	8% 1 6% 11% 42% 32%	792
September	1st to 10th	Night	6% 1 4 9% 38% 42%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 6% 11% 36% 40%	720
	21st to end	Night	9% 1 5% 13% 40% 32%	720
October	1st to 10th	Night	8% 1 9% 25% 44% 13%	720
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 1 10% 26% 40% 16%	720
	21st to end	Night	11% 2 13% 31% 35% 8%	792
November	1st to 10th	Night	7% 2 21% 32% 33% 5%	740
	11th to 20th	Night	9% 3 16% 30% 37% 6%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 2 16% 39% 34% 4	760
December	1st to 10th	Night	6% 2 14% 37% 36% 4	760
	11th to 20th	Night	7% 3 14% 37% 33% 5%	760
	21st to end	Night	6% 3 15% 39% 33% 4	836

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